The Charles Rennie Mackintosh Argyle Chair was designed for Miss Cranston's Tea Rooms in Argyle Street, Glasgow, circa 1898. The high-back Argyle chairs were placed around the tables in the center of the room in order to create an intimate island.

Although Mackintosh is unanimously considered one of the outstanding figures of Art Nouveau, in many aspects his work anticipates some themes of Modernism. It is no coincidence that Nicolas Pevsner includes him in his "Pioneers of Modern Design" (1936). Wylie Sypher, in his "From Rococo to Cubism" (1960), specifies how both Rococo and Art Nouveau were movements within the decorative arts that were integrated into architecture as well. In Mackintosh's interior designs, stylized lines and geometric forms reinforce an architectural dialogue which, from Art Nouveau onwards, with the progressive marginalization of 19th-century decorative syntax, mirrored the unification of interior design and architecture characterizing the modern movement. 

Hand-made by Bruce Hamilton in Glasgow, Scotland.

Dimensions: Height 54"  Depth 18 1/4 "  Width 20 1/2"  Seat Height 18 "

Materials: The Argyle Chair is handmade in Glasgow, Scotland, in European Oak and available in a dark oak, golden oak, or black lacquer finish.  Seat in expanded foam and upholstered in fabric.